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dc.contributor.authorJumaat H. Adam (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia)
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-06T02:58:25Z-
dc.date.available2023-11-06T02:58:25Z-
dc.date.issued1997-08
dc.identifier.issn0126-6128
dc.identifier.otherukmvital:131114
dc.identifier.urihttps://ptsldigital.ukm.my/jspui/handle/123456789/578095-
dc.descriptionExamination of pitcher prey contents of 18 Bornean pitcher plants showed that pitchers attract 17 fauna groups. The upper and lower pitchers trap both flying and creeping fauna but generally the lower pitchers trap more creeping fauna and upper pitchers more flying prey spedes. Prey composition is generally correlated with habitat; spedes occupying different habitats in the same locality sometimes show striking differences in prey composition. Formiddae are the most abundant and frequently trapped, and pitchers collected below 100 m altitude contained enormous numbers of ants but their number generally decreased with altitude. However, the number of ants caught per pitcher was variable, e.g. from a few ants to 700 per pitcher in N. rafflesiana. Nepenthes spedes growing at high altitudes trapped a broader spectrum of prey than spedes at lower altitudes. This broad spectrum of prey provides an ample food source for the pitcher-inhabiting predators, particularly Arachnida, which are common in high altitude spedes.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversiti Putra Malaysia Press
dc.relation.haspartPertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities
dc.relation.urihttp://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/view_archives.php?journal=JTAS-20-2%263-8
dc.rightsUniversiti Putra Malaysia Press
dc.subjectPrey spectra
dc.subjectBornean Nepeuthes species
dc.subjectHabitat
dc.titlePrey spectra of Bornean nepenthes species (Nepenthaceae) in relation to their habitat
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.format.volume20
dc.format.pages121-134
dc.format.issue2-3
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